Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-08-15
.'God Help the Rich the Peor May neg or
Starve."

The Chicago News has been getting in
some good work lately In publishing
the sworn statements of pers nal
proper made by the millionaires of
Chicago. Here are few: Potter Palmer.
with one of the finest residences In Amer
lea, swears that the fair cash value Of his
personal effects is So 000 Senator Far
WELL living in q splendid mansion. for
the Furnishing of which all Europe was
ransacked, swears that his household
goods are worth $1,000. The Armonrs,
who use four million pounds of Gotten
seed oil to adulterate their lard, and recent
" proposed to send SO, 600, 600 in starting
cotton seed oil mills in the South, swear
that the true cash value OF their property
is from 81 200 to 81 800 each. Nickerson
with $15n,000 in pictures, has $4,000
worth of personal property.
The Nows looked up the taxes of the
poor and found that the piano of the poor
music teacher was valued at 500, whilst
the magnificent instruments Ia the pala-
ces of the rich were never worth over
$40.
The New York Times, also Rcpubll-
can paper, said: mo street In the world
represents in the short space of two and
one half miles anything like the enor-
nous aggregate Of wealth represented by
Fifth avenue residents between Washing
ton Square and Central Park. Here are
the names of few: DIR. Rhinelander,
S., 900, 900; NJ c. C.Roberts, 50 900, 900; Moses
Taylor, 5000 600; August Belmont,
$3, ,000,0 ,000 II. l.. and A. Stewart, Co.
000, 900; Moses r. Emo, $4,000, 900; John
Jacob and VIM. B. Astor, $50, 900. 600;
Mrs. II. l.. Stewart, $50.000,00 Pierre
Lorillard, $4,000, 900; JAS Kernochan, 81
600, 600; VIM II. Vanderbilt, $75, ,O00, 900
Mis-. Culbert Jones. 50, ,00O. .000; james &c
don Bennett, $4,000, 600; f. Stevens, s
O00, 900; Lewis Lorillard, 81 100000
Here we have sixteen families II
near each other, who derive fixed inf
from the capital Of between $240,C
and $3.50, 100000.
Shortly after this publication bys,
Times the Irish World, of New York
published the names Of one hundred New
York parties, all of whom were worth
over a million dollars. with list Of the
valuation given in by them to the assess
or, on which they pay taxes, as shown by
the pill books. (We have the statement
of both papers In our posessesion.) Among
this list are several of the names publish
ed in The Times John Jabob Astor was
on 500 900; VIM. Astor on $12 ,O00 August
Belmont sworn off, james Gordon Ben.
nett, $25, 900; Mrs. A. T.Stewart. $500, 900,
VIM. H. Vanderbilt. $5,000,000 In this
list forty five of these millionaires have
sworn off, that S, having sworn that they
have no personal property that is taxa
Bile.
But this is uot all. The men who fill
the high official positions In these cities
are the tools of tbess rich scoundrels.
The late developments of the "Boodlers'
in these cities are 1isgracs 10 civil gov
ernment. Thievery and perjury go hand
in hand. The poor pay the taxes, the
rich steal the money and then damn the
men who foot the bills because they grum-
BILE at this high. handed outrage This
class Of men are to- day the most danger
Gus men in the nation. ls IL any wonder
that this rotton, fostering corruption Is
breeding the maggots of anarchy9 Re-
move th casrion around which the great
metropolitan press of our c ties hover as
the buzzards among the carfion Of rotten
animal, and anarchy and communism will
de natural death. 1t is nonsense TO talk
about the respect due our laws and our
civil institutions while these things exist
Independent AHaertca.